Everything will be okay. Earlier this month, Instagram announced that they were going to follow in the footsteps of Facebook’s News Feed — by using an algorithm to organize users’ feeds by relevance instead of reverse chronology. Instagram has applied a reverse chronological order to their posts since the app debuted in 2010. Instagram stated…

For those who don’t know, I take a lot of photos and am fairly active on Instagram. People always like to ask me what I use to take and edit my photos. My answer: my iPhone 6 (or whatever phone I am using at the time) and Instagram. Yes, I’m a purist. I used to…

On April 6, 2015, I started the #100DayProject that was brought to you by The Great Discontent and Elle Luna. It’s funny, my friend by Instagram, @verneho, had challenged me to do it. I had attempted a Project 365 back in 2012, but failed miserably near the end of the year. Furthermore, I wasn’t really…

So… A while ago, I somehow was selected as the winner for the Herschel Supply #CityLimitless Instagram contest. Congratulations @_j.wong for winning the #CityLimitless photo contest. After receiving over 22,000 entries it was nearly impossible to choose one winner – many thanks to all who participated. Please continue to capture and share the city around…

Meerkat was all the buzz in the last few weeks due to this year’s SXSW. For those who don’t know, Meerkat is an iOS app that directly links with Twitter accounts, allowing for people to stream a live video to their followers. However, just this Thursday – Twitter launched their own live-streaming app – Periscope…

Cowritten by: Kimra McPherson and Joanne Wong Not that we follow him or anything, but have you seen Channing Tatum’s new Twitter profile? We wouldn’t normally have been scoping it out. But Tatum — along with First Lady Michelle Obama, Weezer, and a handful of other famous folks — was privy to an early rollout…

About two weeks ago, I had a freak out. I’m not sure if this was rolled out a while ago, or just recently, but Google’s search toolbar on the top changes depending on what you search for (or I’ve never run into this problem before). I noticed this two Fridays ago when I was attempting…

Skeumorphism. That gave you a chill down your spine, didn’t it? We definitely heard this term in the last few years, especially with the cheesy lined paper that we saw within our iPhones with its previous iOSes. Skeumorphism dates back to the early 1980s. In 1984, Apple had introduced their first consumer GUI, where “folders”…

Admittedly, I’m new to the design field. I’ve been in love with design — be it graphic, architecture, print, etc. — since I was a child. However, for the lastmany years, I studied and worked in the Canadian health sector. Last year, while working with the Healthcare Human Factors (HHF) group in Toronto, I had…

On Monday, Apple unveiled its newest platform at the WWDC. Some of us here at EchoUser were watching intently – especially for the iOS 7 reveals. Three of us (Garrett Godsey, Renato Verdugo, and myself) then sat down and looked through an early version of the brand spanking new iOS 7. Knowing that iOS 7 won’t…